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Zoochemy

Zo-och′e-my

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Noun.
[
Zoo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] alchemy.]
Animal chemistry; zoochemistry.
Dunglison.

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zoochemy

zoochemy

English

Noun

zoochemy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Zoochemistry.
    • 1802: Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, or, Annals of Literature, page 578
      Zoöchemy, says the author, has not for its object the analysis of dead animal substances, but should be considered as a part of general philosophy, of which the treatise before us contains the first principles.
    • 1851: Henry Philip Tappan, University Education, page 108
      Zoöchemy, once a week, by Prof. Mitscherlich, gratis.